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Here's Kemmins on their whole family story. World. hallmarks, I think, of our family and our closeness. is the fact that my mother hosted Sunday night dinners for all the family and every Sunday night for as long as I can ever remember. We went over to my parents' house.
And my mother. I think she had a rotation of spaghetti, ham, and hamburgers. But we knew exactly what we were getting. That bonded The siblings but it also blinded our spouses. And my father absolutely loved Jin Rummy.
And he'd been known to be in a Jinrumi game in an airplane. on the losing side and they tell them Pilot just keeps flying around to like wind and land. And so he would spend all the time playing Jim Rummy with my two brother-in-laws. It was that staple that. I mean, nothing got in the way of Sunday night dinner.
I mean, you know, you might, your friends might say, hey, you know, now we got. And after a while, people didn't even ask you because they knew we had Sunday night dinners. You know, you look back and you treasure those times.
So I I literally credit my mother. with that exercise that she would do. And you know, it's a lot of work. I mean... feeding 24 people.
every Sunday. And I think I give her credit for keeping the family unit. Tight. Yeah, mm maybe the The Royal should have done something like that. My wife Norma got some encouragement from our middle daughter Catherine.
to continue the Sunday night donor tradition. And she has. And we've been doing it for years. And we've got 31 just in my immediate family.
So it really is a chore. I mean, my wife is working on Saturdays, and I tell people she's got a big old boat paddle trying to, you know. Start the Stir the stew up. But I can't tell you. It's just like A flashback.
I mean, I'm seeing. My grandkids get with their cousins. And absolutely. loving one another. I mean They're the first person.
They would ask to spend the night out when they got old enough to spend the night out. And I look back to... when my kids were doing it.
So fast forward today, my two sons, And My brother's two sons or now taking over operation of our company. And, you know, you've heard all the... the statistics about the family succession. And again, I attribute that to My boys, Kim and McLean and Spence. and web Growing up knowing one another.
Building that trust up. You know, they all went off to school and everywhere, and now they're back. They're back here running the company. And they're run as a group. There's no president or, you know.
It's the collaborative council that they run off of. And you know, I just don't know that that would necessarily have happened. If if They didn't spend that time together. You know, time is everything to a relationship, and hurry is the death of a relationship. and they spent enough time together that they built a trust up.
that you know now that they're in business Mm-mm. Yeah. And I was not. I Advocate Necessarily of this collaborative leadership model. I just feel like somebody needs to be president or something, you know.
And they've made it work.
So kudos to them. But again, I think it all. stem the core came from Those early days of just building that bond that that Never left. Family is a strong bond to begin with. and you add every Sunday night to it.
and it just gets stronger.
So, you know, we're now into our third generation. And we have worked at this, so it's not. like it just didn't happen. My mother, I think, was the core and foundation of it. But, you know, it.
I mean, it's a rare, rare case. where you can see this without some fallout. The statistics prove that. Yeah, it still amazes me letting me knock on wood. Out of 84, 84.
Five people, whatever. Totally is. that we have just not had any Really Hiccup. of an a you know, child or grandchild. Having a an issue, a problem, or I mean they've all Then almost like model children.
And I can only attribute that to Luck and prayer. Yeah. I would say every adult in the family as a devout Christian Background. And they have been able to. grow up their children and raise them up.
in that environment. Uh I know people that have been better parents. and their kids have turned out worse. And so that's why I say You can only attribute it to God's Grace. prayer and And you know, I think.
Everybody in our family has been and really an exceptional role model. in life. You know, I tell people, you know, sometimes your kids won't listen to you, but they'll never fail to imitate you. And Oh gosh, I mean This has been recent about three or four years ago, I get the Nices Father's Day card. I could ever imagine from my daughter.
Uh Catherine. I mean, it's. It is, oh my God, I read it twice. I just love this. And her PS was, I've been watching you all my life.
And uh Is that not a scary thing? And that's why I tell people that Man, you With your kids. You better be on. I mean, they're going to see Every smirk you give to your wife, they're going to say, Every flip you give to a waitress, yeah, I mean. You just gotta be on.
But I'm just grateful that And I always said, you know, you can... Two people, three people you can't fool was God, your wife, and your kids. You know, and You just, you got to live that life, you know, because they see. every crack in you. And You know, what do you teach your kids?
They're going to teach Syracuse. Yeah, I'll tell. People list. you know as parents you know we go from coach to counselor to consultant to colleague. And you know All of us now are in the colleague mode.
Which I love. I mean, I'm... no longer the drill sergeant at my house. I'm saying, hey, you want to have a bear? Let's have a bear and talk about things.
And if they ask for some advice, Fine, I'll be happy to give it, but they don't have to ask for any. And a special thanks to Kemmons Wilson Jr. We're telling the story of his three-generation family, growing family. A loving family. That PS from his daughter?
I've been watching you all my life. They are watching us all our lives. We're grateful, he said. and of course to the mom who started this tradition, and all the hard work We have worked at this, he said. We love telling stories about faith and family.
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